City of Portland Public Health Survey records

Collection

Identifier: 2005-012

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The City of Portland survey reports on the general health of the City of Portland. It is divided into three sections: Cost of Public Health, Vital Statistics and Communicable and Venereal Diseases. W. Cohen reports on the first two sections and the last section is by R. L. Tegart. These include narratives, graphs, statistical reports and published reports, sample forms, news articles, pamphlets, booklets, fliers and notices. All have been glued into the volume.

Dates

1934

Creator

Cohen, William D., 1910-2004 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on access. This collection is open to the public.

Conditions Governing Use

OHSU Historical Collections & Archives (HC&A) is the owner of the original materials and digitized images in our collections, however, the collection may contain materials for which copyright is not held. Patrons are responsible for determining the appropriate use or reuse of materials. Consult with HC&A to determine if we can provide permission for use.

Biographical Note

Richard Lloyd Tegart and William Cohen were both 1935 graduates of the University of Oregon Medical School (UOMS).

William Cohen, Portland internist, was born on May 12, 1910 in New York City. He graduated from Reed College in Portland, Oregon with a B.A. in chemistry. He then received an M.D. from UOMS in 1935. He was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary society. In 1940, he married physician Stella Fisher. After serving a residency in New York City, they both returned to Portland where Cohen opened a private practice. He joined the Army during World War II, serving in Paris as a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. After the War, he resumed his practice in Portland and taught classes at the medical school. He was president of the Oregon Heart Association and was elected to the American Physicians Fellowship, Inc. for the Israel Medical Association in 1969. He was a member of the Multnomah County Medical Society, the Oregon Trudeau Society, the Oregon Health Association, the Portland Academy of Medicine, the Oregon Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. He was chief of staff for the Medical Center Hospital of Portland in 1979. Stella died in 1970. He married his second wife, Blanche Rosencrantz, in 1971. He had two sons, Stuart and Stephen, and a stepson, Larry, and stepdaughter, Sue, and one grandchild at the time of his death at the age of 94.

There was no biographical information for Richard Lloyd Tegart at the time of processing.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection is a variety of materials dealing with the Public Health surveys done by medical students William Cohen and Richard Lloyd Tegart in 1934 for the City of Portland. The survey has been digitized and is available online.

Custodial History

The collection was created by W. [William] Cohen and R. [Richard] L. [Lloyd] Tegart. It was transferred from the OHSU Pacific Northwest Archives and accessioned into the OHSU Archives June 10, 2005. No other details of provenance were known at the time of processing.